Pouring stopper for bottles



Oct. 19, 1937. w, HOETER 2,096,585

POURING STOPPER FOR BOTTLES Filed June 2, 1957 WITNESSES INVENTOR Frederick W Heater ATTORNEYS 1 Patented Oct. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES 2,096,585 POURING STOPPER FOR BOTTLES Frederick W. Hooter, New York, N. Y., asslgnor to Dalynip Pourer Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 2, 1937, Serial No. 145,942

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to bottle stoppers, and more particularly to bottle stoppers known as pouring stoppers intended to be inserted in the neck of a bottle to take the place of the ordinary stopper and provided with means whereby the contents of the bottle may be poured out when the bottle is tilted.

The object of the present invention is to provide such a pouring stopper in which the main body portion is composed of a molded and hardened plastic material such as Bakelite or other similar material, and to permanently provide the plastic body portion with the usual metallic pouring and vent tubes secured in proper relation to each other in the body portion by molding the body portion about the assembled pouring and vent tubes.

A further object is to provide such a stopper with a cork or other yielding bushing by means of which it may be temporarily fitted into the open end of the bottle neck after the usual cork or stopper has been removed.

A further object is to provide such a pouring bottle stopper with a radially extending wing, by means of which it may be turned in inserting it and removing it from the neck of the bottle and to which any suitable advertising device or omamentation may be afiixed.

To the above ends the present invention consists of the bottle stopper which will be hereinafter described and claimed. The bottle stopper is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 shows in longitudinal section taken on a line cutting the vertical axis and passing through the radial wing, a portion of the bottle only;

Fig. 2 shows the pouring stopper. in side elevation;

Fig. 3 shows a sectional view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows on that line.

Similar reference characters will be employed to designate corresponding parts.

The bottle stopper consists of a homogeneous body portion I made of a hardened molded plastic material such as Bakelite or a similar material. The body portion I comprises a cap 2 provided upon its under surface at or near its periphery with a flange 3. A central open tubular extension 4 projects rearwardly from the under surface of the cap 2 and forms with the flange 3 a channel or seat 5 into which the upper end of a cork or other yielding bushing 6 which surrounds the tube 4 is secured, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Preferably the bushing B will be co-extensive in length with the tube 4 or that portion of the tube 4 which extends below the cap 2.

Above the cap 2 the tube 4 is continued in the form of a rounded projection 1 from which there extends laterally or radially a wing 8. Upon opposite sides the wing 8 is provided with recesses 9 within which may be displayed any embossed 5 decoration or advertisement as indicated at H) or, as shown in Fig. 3, disks Il may be fitted in the recesses 9 displaying any advertisement or ornamental feature.

The entire body portion as just described, with 10 the exception of the bushing 6, is formed as one homogeneous integral molded plastic structure.

The stopper is provided with any usual form of metallic pouring tube l2 preferably curved at its outer end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and long enough to extend entirely through the opening in the tube 4 and to project slightly from the rear end thereof if desired as shown at l3. Also there is provided a metallic vent tube I4 which is arranged parallel to the pouring tube l2 and is open at both ends to admit air into the bottle,

thus permitting the liquid to pour out of the pouring tube l2. While the inner end of the tube l4 projects some distance beyond the inner end l3 of the tube l2, the outer end of the tube M will not project to any extent above the enlarged portion 1 of the body portion.

The assembled pouring tube and vent tube are firmly secured in the plastic body portion by molding the body portion around the tubes, thus the tubes will be firmly fixed in position without the necessity of employing metallic washers or other devices in maintaining the assemblage.

In operation the pouring stopper is placed in the open end of the bottle neck as shown in Fig. 1, with the vent tube at one side of the vertical axis of the pouring tube, so that when the bottle is tipped, as shown in Fig. 1, the liquid contained therein may be poured out through the tube l2 while the vent tube permits the entrance of air above the level of the liquid.

Preferably the forward end of the pouring tube I! will be provided with a disk-like valve I5 pivoted at l6 which when the bottle is tipped, as shown in Fig. 1, will automatically swing open permitting the liquid to flow out, and when the device is held upright as shown in Fig. 2, the valve l5 will automatically close.

I claim:

1. A pouring stopper for bottles, comprising a body portion formed integrally of a molded and hardened plastic material, said body portion having a cap provided at or near its periphery with a depending flange and a centrally disposed open tube extending below and above said cap with a 2 spouse 10 flange.

2. A pouring stopper for bottles, comprising a body portion formed integrally o! a molded and hardened plastic material, said body portion havingacap withacentrallydisposedopentubeextending below and above the cap. pouring and vent tubes secured in the plastic body portion said tubes being open at both ends and said body portion provided with a radially extended wing.

3. A pouring stopper for bottles. such as set forth in claim 2. in which the radially extended wingisprovidedwltharecessononeiacetoreceive an advertising card.

FREDERICK W. HOE'I'ER. 

